Questions
7
across 8 papers
Share of subject
1.8%
of 398 Chemistry Qs
Weightage rank
#25
of 31 chapters
Difficulty
2 easy · 2 medium · 3 hard
The Solid State contributed 7 of the 398 NEET Chemistry questions between 2020 and 2026 (Re-NEET 2026 included). That is 1.8% of the subject and makes it the #25 chapter out of 31 by weightage — roughly 0.9 questions per paper, peaking at 2 in NEET 2021.
Of the 7 questions tagged for difficulty, 29% were easy, 28% medium and 43% hard — a chapter that tends to bring the tougher questions.
No question came from this chapter in the last four papers (NEET 2024 onward), though earlier papers asked 7.
The single most-tested topic is Voids — 2 questions across 2 papers.
6 topics tagged under The Solid State. Numbers show how many questions each topic had in each paper; E / M / H are the easy, medium and hard counts.
| Topic | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Re | Total | E | M | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voids | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Calculations for Unit Cell Dimensions (Density of Unit Cell) | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Calculations for Unit Cell Dimensions (Radius Ratio) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Close Packed Structures (Close Packing in Three Dimension) | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Crystal Lattice or Space Lattice | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Imperfections or Defects in Solids (Point Defects in Stoichiometric Crystals) | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
No topic has appeared in three or more different papers.
No question came from The Solid State in the 2026 papers.
In the NEET papers from 2020 to 2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), 7 Chemistry questions came from The Solid State — 1.8% of the subject, or about 0.9 per paper.
By past weightage it ranks #25 of 31 Chemistry chapters, so it is a lower-weightage Chemistry chapter, with 7 questions over 2020–2026.
The most-tested topics are Voids (2), Calculations for Unit Cell Dimensions (Density of Unit Cell) (1) and Calculations for Unit Cell Dimensions (Radius Ratio) (1). The topic table above lists every topic with its count in each paper.
Of the 7 difficulty-tagged questions, 29% were easy, 28% medium and 43% hard.
No question came from The Solid State in NEET 2026 or Re-NEET 2026.
Edurack has chapter-wise NEET previous-year questions for The Solid State. Use the practice button on this page to open the set, attempt questions and check your answers.
Counts come from Edurack's tagged set of NEET papers 2020–2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), mapped to NCERT chapters and topics. Use them as a trend guide — past frequency doesn't guarantee what a future paper will ask.